New London Awards 2018: Housing Winner

Marian Court, Homerton: planning permission granted

A collaborative, design-led approach established with Hackney Council, muf architecture/art, the full design team and the local community is delivering radically inclusive urban renewal and placemaking.

Talking about Carlton and Granville on K2K Radio #KilburnHeraldShow

Juliette Scalbert discusses with Sally on Kilburn Herald Show, the importance of local young people being part of the design and future of South Kilburn’s Carlton and Granville community facilities.

14.03.2018

Adam Khan Architects appointed for Carlton & Granville

Adam Khan Architects has been appointed by Brent Council to develop and transform the Carlton and Granville Site in collaboration with local stakeholders for the second phase of this ambitious project. Our multi-disciplinary team includes Practice Architecture, Daisy Froud, Structure Workshop and Ritchie + Daffin.

New London Awards 2018: Mayor's Prize

Central Somers Town, Camden, has been Highly Commended for New London Awards 2018: Mayor's Prize

The Mayor’s Prize is awarded in association with the Mayor of London to the project that best reflects the Mayor’s ambition for ‘good growth’ as expressed in A City for All Londoners.

02.06.2017

Global Architectural Political Event

Adam Khan Architects are participating in the Global Architectural Political Event – a discussion that will continue the investigation about the political re-engagement of the discipline, as analysed in Alejandro Zaera-Polo’s essay “Well into the 21st Century” and the “Global Architectural Compass”.

Exhibition: Social Housing – Definitions & Design Exemplars

Across the UK and Europe a new generation of
practices are transforming public housing. Responding to continued high demand,
new funding methods and a reinvigorated public sector, architects are
re-addressing how homes are delivered at larger scales, piloting new methods to
achieve new high standards of design.

Play Barn shortlisted for RIBA East Award

Play Barn wins RIDBA award

The Rural and Industrial Design and Building Association (RIDBA) has selected the Play Barn as the recipient of their award in the recreation and leisure category.

Formerly known as the Farming and Agricultural Buildings Awards (FAB Awards), the award recognises innovation and excellence in the industrial and agricultural building industry.

02.03.2017

Tower Court, Clapton Common: planning permission granted

Designed in collaboration with muf architecture/art, Tower Court is part of Hackney’s Estate Regeneration Programme and will be delivered directly by the Council. It will offer 132 high-quality, modern homes for social rent, shared ownership and outright sale, and a new ambulance depot.

05.01.2017

Play Barn nominated for the 2017 Mies van der Rohe Award

The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe has selected Pensthorpe Play Barn, Fakenham as a nominee for the 2017 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award.

The prize is awarded biennially, and the Play Barn is named among 19 UK schemes. This is the second project by Adam Khan Architects to be nominated for the prize. Brockholes Visitor Centre was nominated and shortlisted in 2013.

Book launch: Reminiscence

Reminiscence, which features an article by Adam Khan, is launching on 17 December in Munich.

Edited by Benedict Esche & Benedikt Hartl and published by Edition Architektur, it offers a collection of more than 100 international architects looking back and reminiscing about a particular building.

Ten Years of Adam Khan Architects

Adam Khan Architects is ten.Thank you for coming to celebrate with us.

Website takeover & associated print by Fraser Muggeridge studio

28.11.2016

Adam Khan @ RA for ‘Future Estates’

Adam Khan is a speaker at ‘Future Estates’ at the Royal Academy.

“Following a previous debate exploring the changing status of Britain’s post-war housing estates, this event looks at estate regeneration and the range of alternatives that exist to the growing threat of demolition."

Adam Khan Architects in Baumeister

Following a studio visit in September 2016, the November issue of Baumeister features a profile of Adam
Khan Architects. The article offers a snapshot of various built projects, from
Brockholes Visitor Centre to Seizure Gallery, as well as future plans for
residential projects in London.

Words: Erik Wegerhoff

Photography: David Grandorge, Lewis Khan, Ioana Marinescu & Ed
Tyler

21.09.2016

Play Barn wins Graham Allen Award

The North Norfolk District Council has selected AKA’s Play
Barn as the recipient of the Graham Allen Award for Conservation & Design.

13.09.2016

Adam Khan Architects shortlisted by Create London

Create London, along with the London Borough of Barking
and Dagenham, have shortlisted Adam Khan Architects for an Artists Housing
design competition.

04.07.2016

Seven Up @ DomusHaus, Basel

Our publication ‘Seven Up’, a visual exploration of the studio’s output, is available at a number of specialist architecture bookshops, now including DomusHaus Buchhandlung für Architektur und Design, Basel.

01.07.2016

Five Cottages, Pensthorpe

Adam Khan Architects have recently completed the restoration of the Grade 2 listed Five Cottages at Pensthorpe Wildlife & Gardens including the building of new rear and side extensions. The new building includes offices as well as a conference room and a well-being centre.

Location: Norfolk, PensthorpeClient: Pensthorpe Wildlife and Gardens

Photo credit: Lewis Khan

27.06.2016

Honourable Mention for Kunststilo

Adam Khan Architects have received an Honourable Mention for their submission to the Kunststilo art museum and culture quarter design competition in Kristiansand, Norway.

The new art museum will house 1,100 works donated by Nicolai Tangen, which constitute what experts have called the most important collection of Norwegian art from the 1930s to the 1970s.

The submission will be exhibited at Sørlandets Art museum until 18 September.

Adam Khan Architects short-listed for Qatar Museum

Adam Khan Architects are among 8 practices to be shortlisted for the Qatar Art Mill design competition.

Nearly 500 practices from 56 different countries entered the three-stage contest, and we are the only British firm to reach the final eight in the contest for the 93 000 m² gallery project on Doha’s waterfront.

Adam Khan speaks at Sedgehill Secondary School

Adam Khan spoke to the year 9’s of Sedgehill Secondary School about the educational journey of the architect.

Other inspirational speakers included Maria Murtagh, Tammy Reed and Sade Banks. Thank you very much to the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust for organising the Career Pathway Programme.

23.03.2016

Book launch: New Architects 3

New Architects 3, which features a selection of Adam Khan Architects' work, is launching on 24 March.

“New Architects 3 is the Architecture Foundation’s landmark guide to the best architectural practices set up in the UK in the past decade. To coincide with its publication, join us for an afternoon of talks and conversations about the conditions shaping British architecture both today and in the future at The Barbican.”

Book launch: ‘Building Upon Building’

Please join us at the Architectural Association Bookshop for the launch of the second edition of ‘Building Upon Building’, Edited by J. Engels & M. Grootveld.

The book will be introduced by Adam Khan, followed by a talk from the Editors.

“Architecture as evolution, rather than revolution. How can the views that underlie the historical city be interwoven with the stories of the present? This question is answered in 45 projects and four essays.”

Praise for Adam Khan Architect’s Brockholes

Brockholes Visitor Centre has been praised by CIBSE Journal for its ability to handle flooding.

“A pioneering nature reserve has risen about the floodwaters that drenched the North West, proving an example to architects and engineers. The floating visitor village, which won new build project of the year at the 2012 CIBSE Building Performance Awards, is sited on the Meadow Lake at Brockholes, and has been designed to rise and fall with the water level.”

11.12.2015

Play Barn featured in Wallpaper*

Play Barn at Pensthorpe Wildlife and Gardens has been featured in Wallpaper* magazine’s January issue.

08.12.2015

Lecture at KADK

Adam Khan will be delivering a lecture ‘What Makes a Good Room?’ at the Danish Academy of Arts tomorrow, organised by Spatial Design, Perception and Detail 1 Semester.

Adam Khan Architects long-listed for Qatar Museum

Adam Khan Architects has been long-listed to submit a design for the international competition for the Art Mill in Doha, Qatar. Adam Khan Architects' application was chosen as one of 26 out of a total of 489 entries for the 93 000 m² project, which envisions the redevelopment of a historic waterfront site in the centre of Doha.

KADK housing exhibition

“What will Copenhagen look like in 5, 10 and 15 years’ time? What is the future of the city as a residential city according to the projects that architectural firms are designing right now? And what role does housing play in a city and a welfare society that are undergoing change?”